Hat-fastener.



n. 671,887. Patented Apr. 9, 19m.

L. HUPPERTZ.

HAT FASTENER.

(Application led Nov. 5, 1900.\

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LINA HUPPERTZ, OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.

HAT-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 671,887, dated April 9, 1901.

Application led November 5, 1900. serial No. 35,543. No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, LINA HUPPERTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Austin, in the county of Travis, State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to hat-holders, and particularly to that structure embodying a spring-band bent to t the head, upon which the securing means for the hat are mounted.

One object of the invention is to provide a sliding fastener adjustable longitudinally of the spring-band and provided with a pivot-ed member whereby the hat may be oscillated horizontally of the band and upon the support.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple construction of parts by means of which the same may be readily formed of sheet material and are particularly adapted for easy application to hats, bonnets, or other form of headgear without any disfigurement of the same, as will occur in the use of pins and similar fastening devices.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a perspective of the invention with a hat (indicated by dotted lines) in position thereon. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the fastener. Fig. 3 is a plan of the same, and Fig. 4 is a detail showing the hat-holder in position for use.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

The letter A designates a spring band which may be of any desired material and inished in any preferred manner found desirable by the user. The ends A' of this band are adapted to embrace the sides of the head in a vertical position (see Fig. 4E) or to be inserted beneath a portion of the hair, so as to provide a long and extended point of attachment for the hat whereby the same will be firmly held in any ordinary wind without disarrangement of the hair. This band is provided with one or more fasteners B, which have each a substantially V-shaped sliding bar B' at its lower portion provided with an arm B3, extending upward beneath clips B2, of any desired construction, adapted to embrace and slide longitudinally upon the band A. These clips may be formed independently from the slide-bar and simply it thereover er` may be secured thereto or formed integral therewith and bent over the band, all of which constructions are well-known methods of attachment. At the upper portion of the fastener B a cross bar C is pivotally mounted by means of the depending lug O' and pivot C2. This bar O is secured to the interior of the hat at any desired point by any means found adaptable for that purpose. As one form of such attachment I have illustrated short pins C3 as applied to the bar; but I am not confined to such construction.

It will be seen that the fastener may be secured to the interior of the hat and retained therein, while the securing-band may be readily inserted in position when it is desired to wear the hat,` or, if found preferable, the fastener can readily be removed from the hat and applied to another hat without delay or difficulty. The longitudinal adjustment of the slides upon the band permits the hat to be iitted upon the head, While the pivoted members of the fastener provide for a tilting of the hat at any desired angle relative to the band. It will thus be seen that the holder presented permits the hat to be worn in any manner which may be found desirable or fashionable and is entirely concealed from View. A iirm and secure attachment of the hat is provided which is very comfortable in use and obviates all difficulties incident to inserting the pin through the hat and hair, which pin unless passed beneath quite a body of hair did not secure a firm hold and permitted the hat to be readily raised by Wind and the hair consequently disarranged. It will also be obvious that the holder can be worn without attachment to the hat if it be desired to support any form of ornament upon the head, which can be readily done by attaching an ornament to the fastener. It will be also seen that any kind of ordinary construction of hat with a large or small crown can be equally as IOO readily attached to the fastener and supported therefrom. By the use of the spring-band the hair is held in place without the necessity of using side combs and a support provided for the hat at a proper point to hold the same in position While the wearer is exercising, so that neither the hat nor the hair becomes readily disarranged in the use of this invention.

As shown in Fig. 3, the cross-plate C`is slightly curved to conform to the ordinary curvature of the hat, and it will also be obvious that changes may be made in the details of construction and configuration of 'both the spring-band and the fasteners without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A hat-holder comprising a spring-band, a fastening device having means for attachment to a hat and a connecting-arm for said band, and a clip adapted to embrace said arm and move longitudinally upon said band, 'substantially as specified.

2. A hat-holder comprising a spring-band, a fastening device having means for attachment to a hat, a connecting device pivoted thereto, and means for mounting said connecting device for longitudinal movement upon said band, substantially as specified.

V3. A hat-holder comprising a spring-band, a slide bar adjustably secured thereon, a cross-bar adapted to be fastened to a hat, and a pivotal connection between said cross-bar and slide-bar; substantially as speciied.

4. Abat-holder comprising a spring-band, a slide-bar provided with a clip embracing said band, a cross-bar provided with securing meansV for attachment to a hat, a depending lug, and a pivotal connection between said lug and slide-bar; substantially as specified.

5. A hat-holder comprising an attachingbar provided with securing means for attachment to a hat, a spring-band extending vertically downward from said bar, a substantially V-shaped slide-bar, a clip adapted to embrace said spring-band and one arm of said slidebar, and a pivotal connection between the opposite arm of said slide-bar and the attaching-bar; substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LINA HUPPERTZ.

Witnesses:

AUG. ScHENcK, T. L. ZILLER. 

